The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana
Rohitha Abeygunawardhana asked the Prime Minister to clarify the status of 1,000 Provincial Council schools that were designated as National Schools under the previous Government, noting that signboards and ceremonies were held but formal conversion may have been limited. He said principals had recently received a circular instructing them not to use the title “National School” and warning of consequences, and asked whether these schools would remain national schools or be returned to provincial administration.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, please check: during the previous Government, 1,000 Provincial Council schools were named as National Schools—signboards were changed and ceremonies held—though typically only about one school per zone was formally converted. Now, of those 1,000 selected schools, are they to remain as National Schools, or are they being returned to the Provinces? Recently, principals of those schools received a circular instructing them not to use the title “National School,” warning of consequences. I seek clarity.
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Cite as: The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 June 2025. No. 1750149440002739. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10016